Harrison B.

Experience

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  Self-Employed

  Independent Consultant

  Mar 2016 - Present

  Award-winning leader whose teams design, build, test, and launch new products. Experience from hardware to software, startups to Fortune 1, and the oldest industries to the new Focus Areas ●Emerging technology commercial strategy and solution architecture ●Innovation strategy for venture-backed startups, VC firms, management consulting firms, and corporates ●Product strategy, R&D, and launch with global teams and users ●Operations process and technology co-design ●Digital transformation and business process change management

  • Solution architect for management consulting firm, leading technology and business process redesign of fleet operations issue management and emergency response platform for autonomous vehicle company
  • Solution architect for F500 building tech firm, leading integration of intrusion system, AI logic engine, emergency operations center, and inventory management robotics for global sporting goods retailer
  • Strategist for world’s largest industrial conglomerate, designing technology to predict and stop industrial accidents such as worker-vehicle collisions
  • Solution architect for on-premise to cloud migration of IoT device fleet management platform for building sensors and access controls company
  • Led product strategy, design, build, and launch for data platform and search engine at global venture capital firm
  • Led organizational design, business process, and technology delivery capabilities study for global digital office of world's largest agriculture firm
  • Advisor to CEO of leading Middle East meat and dairy CPG, leading technology studies for automating production, quality, B2B eCommerce, and retail operations
  • Advisor to founders of venture-backed next-day grocery pickup startup. Worked with them on market entry strategy, partner onboarding, and fulfillment operations processes
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  Walmart

  Sr Product Manager

  Jul 2020 - Sep 2021

  Walmart is the world's largest retailer. I helped start their new Emerging Technology group in the International division. We developed IoT, predictive AI, computer vision, AR/VR, and product recommendation solutions for global markets with a focus on Mexico, Canada, Chile, and China.

  • Founder and Director of Digital Facilities program in Walmart International Emerging Technology, developing IoT, computer vision, AI, and robotics for operations automation in 25 global markets
  • Conducted 15 technology pilots in team's first year with team of 20 US engineers and 40 India-based engineers; managed $1M direct spend
  • Piloted AI-powered equipment condition monitoring and energy optimization solutions for HVAC/R and lighting in Canada
  • Piloted zero-touch checkout in Chile, computer vision inspections in China and Mexico, AI-enabled facilities maintenance in Canada, and smart home in USA
  • Developed team's ways of working, innovation management processes, engineering and product management processes, and PMO foundations

• Taktile

  CEO/Founder

  Apr 2017 - Feb 2020

  I founded Taktile to solve the problem of missing operations data in manual manufacturing and warehousing. Labor-intensive production often has low-quality or no data that operations leaders need to predict and solve problems before they get out of control. We developed IoT and computer vision solutions to indirectly measure when and where labor, materials, and simple equipment were used. We then developed reports and AI tools to help customers discover the hidden factory of broken and inefficient processes.

  • Signed first two enterprise customers including largest grocer on US East Coast, grew team to nine
  • Responsible for all business development, product management, and hardware engineering leadership and execution. Launched two hardware products in 3 months of engineering
  • 2018: MassChallenge Boston accelerator finalist, PepsiCo Business Services Prize finalist
  • 2019: Invite-only retail supply chain accelerator run by the largest grocer on the US East Coast
  • Entrepreneur-in-Residence at The Engine Ventures ($200M MIT venture capital fund) Mar.-Sep. 2018,
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  SQZ Biotechnologies

  Engineering Manager

  Nov 2013 - Jan 2016

  SQZ is an MIT spinout that uses cell squeezing technology to make personalized therapeutic drugs. They initially hired me to redesign their core hardware, then I went on to join as employee #3 and start their engineering group. I helped them get to Series A financing and securing their first major drug development deal worth $500M plus royalties. SQZ is currently in clinical trials with its first commercial product.

  • Led engineering group, starting from third full-time employee to Series A funding and signing first major commercialization partnership
  • P&L responsibility for engineering and direct supervision of five engineers and four manufacturing technicians
  • Design and launch hardware for SQZ's flagship CellSqueeze platform for intracellular delivery of molecules directly to live cells
  • Supplier development, selection, and management. Launched the company's first QA program.
  • 2014 MassChallenge Diamond Prize and Scientific American Top 10 World-Changing Ideas